Joel Edgerton Quotes

I secretly harbor the fantasy of becoming an action star at any moment. I know I'd be great at it.

I have a real taste for doing action roles. I starred in a movie called 'Blast,' which was my first action film, and I loved the fighting - I think I've got the build, the attitude and the look for it.

From when I was young, I wanted to be an action hero. I always dreamed about being an action star. So finally, I made it.

Knievel seemed braver and more brazen - and more unhinged - than any other athlete-cum-thrill-seeker of his era.

I'm an athletic actor. I'm known for my action; I'm a guy who does my own stunts on screen.

They call me Fearless Felix.

I like to change characters and then, slowly I believe the audience treat me as, like an actor who can fight. It's not like an action star.

I'm not only the best-known daredevil on the face of the earth, I'm the oldest.

What woman doesn't want to go out there and kick some butt? I did it with a sword in 'Conan,' I did it with a crossbow in 'G.I. Joe,' and I've got my multi-tool and my super-suit in 'Continuum.' It's really a release, and it's quite cool.

I get called an adrenaline junkie every other minute, and I'm just fine with that.

I am dying to do an action movie. I can do my own stunts; I can do this.

My friends have named me the person they least want to do extreme adventures with, because I always seem to be very close to being part of a disaster. If a cat has nine lives, I think I've used a few.

I've always been the, 'Sure, I'll try that' guy. I'm very adventurous and don't have fears. I think I got that from my mother's side because she was an Olympic skier. Jump off a mountain with a parachute? Sure. What could possibly go wrong?

I'm not just a biker. I trail run. I have no problem with heights. I'm a thrill seeker.

I'm not cut out to play a filmi hero. I don't look like a hero.

I've always been a bit of a daredevil, even as a little girl with a pretty high pain tolerance and things like that.

Before 'Race 3,' I had not done a role which required me to do action.

You can't ask a guy like me why [I performed]. I really wanted to fly through the air. I was a daredevil, a performer. I loved the thrill, the money, the whole macho thing. All those things made me Evel Knievel. Sure, I was scared. You gotta be an ass not to be scared. But I beat the hell out of death.

I've always liked extreme performers; I don't think I am one, but my mentality is in line with that.

Well, Bud," he said, looking at me, "I'll be damned if you don't go to a lot of trouble to have your fun. Kidnapping, then fighting. What do you do on your holidays? Burn houses?

It is funny about money. And it is funny about identity. You are you because your little dog knows you, but when your public knows you and does not want to pay for you and when your public knows you and does want to pay for you, you are not the same you.

I don't consider myself an action hero, at all. My domestic life is the same as anyone else's.

I don’t think of myself as being a celebrity, it’s too mortifying. I have a hard time watching myself on screen and it’s getting worse. I can’t tell whether my work is good or not.

People ask, "What do you think about being called Puff Mommy?" Puff's a very successful young man, so I don't have a problem if that's what they wanna call me. If anybody calls me a female Quincy Jones, that's way, way complimentary. That's something I'll cherish for life.

I'm not a celebrity or near celebrity. Sometimes people will say, "You're famous" and that stops me right there. What does fame mean? Fame is in the eye of the beholder. So, if somebody wants to call me 'famous', that's their business. I'm just me, a guy who messes around with airplanes and writes books that make sense to him.